Where does “optativ” come from?

optativ (Romanian) comes from French optatif, from Latin optātīvus, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

optativ (Romanian): optative

Definitions

  1. optative

Ancestry of “optativ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchoptatifoptative
2Latinoptātīvusoptative
3Latin-īvusAdjective suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
5Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -īvus →Every word from Latin optātīvus →